Barack Obama has agreed to let Hillary Clinton be nominated at the Democratic convention, complete with a roll call of states and a parade on the floor. The "symbolic" gesture raises questions about who's really running the show. Also, Defense Secretary Gates sees no prospect for US military force in Georgia, and Julia Child and Lucky Luciano were spies for the US during World War II. We hear about other famous names revealed today by the National Archives.

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Barack Obama has agreed to let Hillary Clinton be nominated at the
Democratic convention, complete with a roll call of states and a parade
on the floor. It's billed as a "symbolic" gesture, but it raises
questions about who's really running the show. Also, Defense Secretary
Robert Gates sees no prospect for US military force in Georgia,
and secret agents for the United States during World War II later
became famous for other reasons. We hear about 24,000 names released
today after 60 years of secrecy.

Banner image: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in their first appearance at a joint campaign event, June 27, 2008 in Unity, New Hampshire. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

In the closest primary race in history, Hillary Clinton almost became the first woman presidential nominee of a major American party. She and her supporters have since made it clear they're not going away, and there were signs of possible trouble if her name was not placed in nomination at the Democratic convention. The Obama campaign said today, it will. She already was scheduled to speak on Tuesday—with Bill Clinton on Wednesday—the same night as the vice presidential nominee. Is this evidence that Hillary is the choice for the second spot or is it proof that she's not? In either case, will the Clintons still dominate the show? This comes amid revelations about Clinton's primary strategy against Obama, which appears to have been adopted by John McCain. What are the prospects for party unity?

At a news conference this morning, Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined humanitarian effort in Georgia and discussed long-term implications for relations with Russia. He said the US has no desire to resume the Cold War, but that Russia's aim was to "punish" Georgia for being too close to the West. As Gates spoke, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Paris, on her way to Georgia's capital city of Tbilisi. Peter Spiegel covers the Pentagon for the Los Angeles Times.

President Franklin Roosevelt created the Office of Strategic Services to help combat the Axis powers during World War II. Harry Truman folded it into the CIA 60 years ago, but OSS officers were under instructions never to reveal what they did. Today, the National Archives is releasing 35,000 personnel files with 24,000 names—including Julia Child, Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and actor Sterling Hayden. Steven Tilley is Director of the Textual Archives Services Division of the Archives and Records Administration.